The American Physical Society has recognized the Graphite Reactor, located at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as an APS historic site. APS President Young-Kee Kim presented a ...

It's the nation's largest multi-program science and technology laboratory. But nuclear science is its history — and its future.

ORNL researchers are exploring two ways to transform coal into graphite. One uses coal char, a solid byproduct, while the other utilizes coal liquids. By heating coal without oxygen, researchers ...

The company’s carbon-nanosphere production will allow it to provide the material as an anti-corrosive additive for ...

The project focuses on nanofluid-based materials aimed at improving heat transfer and corrosion management in advanced ...

The three Hermes demonstration reactors that Kairos Power plans to build in Oak Ridge’s Heritage Center will incorporate two technologies based on innovations originating at the nearby Oak Ridge ...

Bishnu Thapaliya demonstrates the bench top reactor for converting coal into graphite for use in batteries for electric vehicles and storing renewable energy in the grid. Yesterday’s polluting fuel ...

Nearly 80 years after scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered an extremely rare radioactive element called promethium, a team at the lab published a landmark study on the subject that ...

Through a new process that turns coal waste into a material that can power electric cars, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has a unique opportunity to return energy-producing jobs to Appalachians who ...

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have completed demolition of another aging, contaminated structure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the latest in a line of ...

As night descends on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) bursts with activity. A rigorous 24-day fuel cycle concludes and neutron production ...